Nobody Said Designing Utility Meters was Easy – A Coto Technology One Pager

Regarding molded reed switches as a design solution for utility meter applications

Utility Meters lead a tough, lonely life. Gas and electricity meters are baked in summer, frozen in winter, and rarely visited by a meter reader now that automatic meter reading (AMR) is so pervasive. The water meter spends its life in the corner of a damp basement, the dripping monotony relieved only by an occasional burst of flow information from its radio transmitter, and the distant prospect of a visit from a service technician in ten years time to change its battery. Clearly designing utility meters presents challenges. Despite the tough environment, utility meters have to work reliably, measure accurately, present no safety hazards, and resist the attempts of unscrupulous energy thieves bent on fooling them into underestimating utility usage.